Core Faculty
PhD, Rice University
Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Philosophy and African & African American
Studies
Phone: 225-578-7023
Email: scfinley@lsu.edu
Office: 236 Coates Hall
Research Interests: African American Religious Traditions, African American Religious Thought , African
American Religion and Esotericism, Religion and Psychoanalysis, Religion and Embodiment,
Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, Religion in America
PhD, University at Albany, State University of New York
Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
Erich and Lea Sternberg Honors Professor
Interim Chair and Professor, Department of African & African American Studies
LSU Faculty Athletics Representative Louisiana State University
Phone: 225-578-1856
Email: lorim@lsu.edu
Office: 132B Hodges Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Wealth Inequality, Asset Poverty, Sociology of Sport
PhD: University of California, Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies
Email: ncarney@lsu.edu
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Migration; Culture
PhD, Indiana University
Professor of Political Science, African and African American Studies and the Department
of Psychology
Phone: 225-578-7023
Email: jamsulli@lsu.edu
Office: 202 Stubbs Hall
Research Interests: African-American Politics, Voting Behavior, Political Psychology